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September 18, 2014 (San Diego's East County)--East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego’s inland regions, published in other media. This week’s top “Roundup” headlines include:
LOCAL
- Officials launch new wildfire warning system (10 News)
- Why Does My Kids' Elementary School Need a Tank?(Daily Beast)
- Steep cost to house sex offenders (UT San Diego)
- Marines looking to observe civilians, conduct exercises in Santee (UT San Diego)
- Controversy Surrounds Future Of East County Performing Arts Center (KPBS)
- San Diego County's Violent Crime Down Slightly (KPBS)
STATE
- Patients sue state over backlog of Medi-Cal applications (Los Angeles Times)
- Shakeup at PG&E and state agency over ‘inappropriate’ talks (SF Gate)
- University Of California Signs Major Solar Deal (KPBS)
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LOCAL
Officials launch new wildfire warning system (10 News)
SDG&E, US Forest Service, UCLA collaborate on Santa Ana Wildfire Threat Index warning system
Why Does My Kids' Elementary School Need a Tank?(Daily Beast)
A San Diego school district just got a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle—admins claim it will be used in case of a shooting or other disaster. Is it really necessary?
Steep cost to house sex offenders (UT San Diego)
…The state Department of Hospitals said that the average cost for supervision of sexually violent predators like Fields is $226,429 per predator, per year. The job of keeping watch on Fields is not done by the state, but a private company based in Pennsylvania. Liberty Healthcare Corp. has had the exclusive contract since 2003 to administer the supervision and treatment program for men like Fields for the entire state. Over that time the state has paid the company $29.1 million. And that has been to supervise a total of 29 offenders over that time who have been cleared for release from a state hospital to live in communities — or $1 million each.
Marines looking to observe civilians, conduct exercises in Santee (UT San Diego)
Santee mayor, a U.S. Navy veteran, council express concern about military request…Written by City Manager Pedro Orso-Delgado, the item noted that the Marine Corps wants to "conduct crowd observation and surveillance training and similar exercises at public and commercial locations in the city of Santee."
Controversy Surrounds Future Of East County Performing Arts Center (KPBS)
The East County Performing Arts Center might soon lease out much of its calendar to the Rock Church. Critics say that's not what the facility was intended for. KPBS interviews Mayor Bill Wells and Ray Lutz of the Save ECPAC Committee.
San Diego County's Violent Crime Down Slightly (KPBS)
SANDAG statistics for the first six months of the year show violent crimes — homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault — are down 1 percent in the county compared to the same period in 2013.... Sixteen of the 19 local jurisdictions experienced decreases in property crime, ranging
from a 3 percent decline in La Mesa to a 37 percent drop in Del Mar.
STATE
Patients sue state over backlog of Medi-Cal applications (Los Angeles Times)
Citing a paperwork backlog that has left the healthcare of hundreds of thousands of low-income Californians in limbo, patients represented by a coalition of legal advocates are suing the state.
Shakeup at PG&E and state agency over ‘inappropriate’ talks (SF Gate)
Three Pacific Gas and Electric Co. executives and a top aide to the head of the California Public Utilities Commission were ousted Monday over "inappropriate" back-channel communications showing that the company lobbied regulators to appoint its preferred judge to a key rate-setting case stemming from the San Bruno explosion. The president of the utilities commission, Michael Peevey, also agreed to step aside from voting on whether to uphold a proposed $1.4 billion penalty against the company for the deadly disaster.
University Of California Signs Major Solar Deal (KPBS)
The UC system, one of the largest public university systems in the nation, says the deal will provide enough solar power to offset 60 percent of the electricity use at five of the state's 10 campuses, as well as some university medical centers.
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